SoilWatch is a soil health program that works with landholders and local land services (LLS). Since the program began in 2008, about 300 monitoring sites have been established at key sites around NSW and the ACT.

The aim is to collect and share knowledge that allows everyone to make better decisions about managing their land.

SoilWatch is a performance monitoring program. It uses paired sites to measure the impact of land management through changes in soil health.

Landholders and LLS staff collect soil samples from the paddock and take photos of the landscape and groundcover. Then then pack samples into a SoilWatch Kit and send to Yanco Natural Resources Laboratory.

Participating landholders receive a report containing the soil test results, a guide to interpret them, and photos of their site.

SoilWatch sampling methods comply with state and national soil monitoring protocols.

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